Full-day nursery in St Peter's, Kent
Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery
64 St. Peters Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2ST · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since May 1970Reference 127000Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 9 July 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places82 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 3 November 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
64 St. Peters Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2ST · More nurseries in CT10
Stations
- Broadstairs11 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Maxine Gardens, Upton Road and Charles Dickens School.
Parks and playgrounds
- St Peter's Recreation Play Area playground8 min walk
- Memorial Recreation Play Area playground11 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Kent there are about 3.2 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery is a full-day nursery at 64 St. Peters Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2ST, in St Peter's, Kent. It is registered for 82 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.2 miles
- Upton Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.3 miles
- St Mildred's Primary Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected May 2023 0.5 miles
- Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2022 0.5 miles
- Wellesley Haddon Dene School ages 2–13has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.6 miles
- St George's Church of England Foundation School All-throughages 4–19Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery Good at its inspection on 9 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery take?
Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 82 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery?
Broadstairs is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Barbies Playschool and Selwyn House Nursery?
You can call 01843 862120 and visit www.barbiesplayschool.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 127000 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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